Chapter 21: Chapter 21: Revelation

Year 396 of the Holy Calendar - Fifth floor of the Titan dungeon

(Alastor POV)

I open my eyes.

"..." Alastor

And the dungeon ceiling is in front of me.

"Oh, you woke up" ???

My neck doesn't move as I like, but that voice is...

"Are you Ifrit? that fire spirit?" Alastor

I still remember her.

"That is my name" Ifrit

As she walks toward me, I finally can take a look at her.

Dark orange skin, short red hair with green streaks in a ponytail, black scales that take the form of clothes such as short pants and a tank top that shows her button belly.

It's the first time I've seen someone like her... but that's probably because I never left my village.

"You were out for a while, I thought you failed me even before starting" Ifrit

The vertical pupils inside her yellow eyes stare at me.

"Where... are we?" Alastor

The last thing I remember is the room melting.

"We are still on the fifth-floor boss room" Ifrit

?

"Wasn't it destroyed?" Alastor

"The dungeon wall and floors aren't meant to be destroyed, they were trying to repair themselves even under your rampage"

Is that so...

"Thanks for taking care of me" Alastor

I try to get up... but I can't move even a muscle.

"...And I will have to continue to do so for some time more" Ifrit

I see...

"Was it the flames?"

Using that strange skill let me like this?

"No" Ifrit

"It didn't?" Alastor

"You formed a contract with me, a Mid-rank Fire Spirit, resisting any kind of heat will not be a trouble for the current you" Ifrit

Then...

"Is this a secondary effect of the contract?" Alastor

I really don't know anything about those.

"No, there is no such thing" Ifrit

No?

"Then why can't I get up?" Alastor

Ifrit closed her eyes and crossed her arms.

"How can I explain it to you..." Ifrit

"..." Alastor

I wait for her to formulate her answer.

"...You died, that is why" Ifrit

Died?

"Am I... an undead?" Alastor

"...Some people may regard you as such, but no, you are not an undead or anything other than human.” Ifrit

"That is a relief, but then what?" Alastor

"You might be more human now than before" Ifrit

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"More human? what do you mean?" Alastor

If she is trying to confuse me, she is doing a great job.

"In this world, there is an invisible and absolute force" Ifrit

She starts walking around me.

"A force that determines the everything of everything"

Being on the ground unable to even turn my neck, I can only follow her with my sight.

"Human or not human, alive or not alive, sentient or not sentient"

As she walks, her back is exposed to me, and I can see a scaly tail the size of her leg protruding from her lower back.

"Everyone and everything in this world is bound by these cursed shackles"

"What are you talking about?" Alastor

She smirks at me and continues.

"Or should I say that it was" Ifrit

She reaches down and touches the center of my chest with the red nail of her right index finger.

"You just defected from that world" Ifrit

Is she talking about the...

"You broke away from the God Guidance System"

As she looks at me like a monster in ecstasy facing a good prey, her mouth full of fangs is shown.

"You are the first one in the history of this world to manage that, you are the key, you are MY key"

The pressure of her finger on me is increasing.

"With your aid, I'll be able to burn all these fucking pieces of shit down until there's nothing left but their disgusting ashes!"

...It is starting to hurt me.

"Calm down" Alastor

She stopped applying pressure.

"Somehow I got out of the God Guidance System, I understand that" Alastor

She retracts her finger and shows me her back.

"But you didn't answer my question, why can't I get up?" Alastor

The spirit of fire looks at me again, this time with a more serene face.

"Every living being in this world depends on the God Guidance System from the moment it is born. The strength of their arms, the speed of their legs, the intelligence of their minds, everything is filtered through the system" Ifrit

This... this can't be.

"Are you trying to tell me that from the moment I was born, I never moved on my own?" Alastor

"...yes" Ifrit

I can't accept that!

"I...I...!" Alastor

All my body is currently telling me that what she is saying is true.

"Thinking about the past will not help right now, you are now free that is all that matters" Ifrit

That is easy for her to say.

"..." Alastor

I feel my mind numb.

"It seems that this is your limit" Ifrit

My eyelids start to droop on their own.

"Good night, newborn adult" Ifrit

She starts to walk out of my line of sight.

"Who... is a new..." Alastor

...

"ZZZ" Alastor

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